CUMULATIVE


Meaning of CUMULATIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkyü-myə-lə-tiv, -ˌlā- ]

adjective

Date: 1605

1.

a. : made up of accumulated parts

b. : increasing by successive additions

2. : tending to prove the same point

cumulative evidence

3.

a. : taking effect upon completion of another penal sentence

a cumulative sentence

b. : increasing in severity with repetition of the offense

cumulative penalty

4. : formed by the addition of new material of the same kind

a cumulative book index

5. : summing or integrating overall data or values of a random variable less than or less than or equal to a specified value

cumulative normal distribution

cumulative frequency distribution

• cu·mu·la·tive·ly adverb

• cu·mu·la·tive·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.